August 12, 2026 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sharplink, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBET), a firm that has shifted its focus toward building and managing a large Ethereum treasury, released its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. The report highlighted meaningful income generated from staking its ETH holdings while revealing a… Read More

August 12, 2026 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Members of the BRICS grouping are examining ways to interconnect their national fast payment platforms and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The aim is to lower the high costs and lengthy delays that currently characterize many international money transfers, according to recent comments from India’s… Read More

August 12, 2026 @ 6:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cybercriminals have shifted their focus toward private equity firms and related financial organizations, employing voice phishing tactics to infiltrate systems and extract sensitive information for extortion purposes, according to findings from Google’s threat intelligence researchers. The activity stems from a cluster tracked as UNC6671. Despite… Read More

August 12, 2026 @ 5:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is preparing to intensify its oversight of crypto-asset service providers through a series of on-site inspections and desk-based reviews. These supervisory activities form part of a coordinated European initiative and will specifically target firms authorised to deliver digital… Read More

August 12, 2026 @ 1:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments technology firm DECTA has teamed up with financial infrastructure provider OpenPayd to upgrade its cross-border treasury processes. The collaboration focuses on making operational settlement quicker and more efficient across DECTA’s international activities by leveraging regulated stablecoin tools. DECTA, which has over ten years of… Read More

August 12, 2026 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) has taken a significant step in leveraging its substantial Bitcoin reserves by committing 18,750 BTC as collateral for newly arranged credit facilities. This move, detailed in the company’s recent quarterly SEC filing, secures substantial incremental capital aimed at advancing its strategic… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zama has expanded access to its native digital asset by integrating the $ZAMA token directly into the Revolut platform. This development allows the fintech giant’s extensive customer base to purchase, hold, and trade the token through the familiar Revolut app interface. The $ZAMA token underpins… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Erebor Bank, a Columbus, Ohio-based digital bank that targets high-net-worth individuals and startups, may soon receive a $1.5 billion investment, according to reports. The anticipated round would place the bank’s pre-money valuation is expected to be $8 billion. The funding is reportedly about 2X the… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a significant security breach affecting the open-source Bitcoin payment platform, members of the BTCPay Server community have stepped forward with a substantial incentive aimed at reclaiming lost assets. Supporters of the project have pledged a recovery bounty structured as 10 percent of any funds… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR) has reported a significant milestone for its blockchain-powered financing technology. In July 2026, the company’s Distributed Ledger Repo platform handled a total of $8.0 trillion in repurchase agreement activity. This equated to an average of $365 billion processed each trading day,… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 12:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has experienced a series of high-level exits from its safety and ethics ranks in a short span of time. Chloé Bakalar, who served as the company’s head of ethics, stepped down less than twelve months after she arrived. Her departure follows those of Johannes… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Flight-tracking company FlightAware has filed a lawsuit against prediction-markets operator Kalshi, alleging the platform improperly leveraged its proprietary information and brand to support wagering on flight cancellations. The complaint, submitted August 10, 2026, in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares of Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) rose after hours following news of a substantial long-term agreement for data center capacity tied to artificial intelligence workloads. Currently, Riot is up by over 15% in pre-market trading. The Bitcoin mining firm, which has been expanding into high-performance… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock’s (NYSE:BLK) head of digital assets has pointed to a quiet but notable improvement in investor attitudes toward Bitcoin, alongside early indications that the cryptocurrency is beginning to trade more independently of traditional equity markets. Speaking in a recent interview, Robert Mitchnick observed that sentiment… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has rejected an application from Amsterdam-based digital bank Bunq to establish a new national bank in the United States. In a decision letter dated August 4, 2026, and made public shortly thereafter, the regulator determined that… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 6:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut has secured a regulatory milestone for its French subsidiary, Revolut Bank S.A., by obtaining authorization to operate as a bank. The approval followed a review conducted by France’s Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution and the European Central Bank. The Fintech already counts… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 2:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger’s reference server software, xrpld version 3.3.0, is now available. This release packages several proposed protocol amendments focused on privacy, operational efficiency, and support for institutional use of Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs), the ledger’s standard for tokenized financial instruments such as funds and bonds…. Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 12:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On Saturday, nodes enforcing the BIP-110 rules diverged from Bitcoin’s primary blockchain at height 961,632. Those nodes began treating any block that failed to include the required version-bit signaling as invalid. When a non-signaling block was produced and accepted by the rest of the network,… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 12:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), the payments and financial technology firm co-founded by tech entrepreneur and bilionaire Jack Dorsey, has grown its long-term Bitcoin holdings to 9,117 BTC as of June 30, 2026. The update appears in the company’s quarterly report filed with the US Securities… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thailand’s government has introduced a temporary tax relief measure designed to support cryptocurrency activity within its regulated financial system. The Finance Ministry confirmed that capital gains arising from crypto trading will be exempt from tax for a five-year period running from 1 January 2025 to… Read More